Colour

#00FADD

#00FADD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#00FADD is a cyan with RGB values 0, 250, 221 and HSL 173°, 100%, 49%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#00FADD#00FADD

HEX#00FADD

RGBrgb(0, 250, 221)

RGB (0–1)0, 0.9804, 0.8667

RGB percentages0%, 98%, 86.7%

HSLhsl(173, 100%, 49%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173, 100%, 98%)

CMYK100%, 0%, 11.6%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer64,221

CSS custom property--colour: #00FADD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73592WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness205.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.72:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3

Inverted#FF0522

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EEEADCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55 from the original

Deuteranopia#D4D7DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 14.1 Aquamarine · ΔE 14.2 Aqua · ΔE 16.1 Cyan · ΔE 16.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 23 Medium turquoise · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 14.12, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FA001D

Analogous#00FA60, #009AFA

Triadic#DD00FA, #FADD00

Split complementary#FA009A, #FA6000

Tetradic#6000FA, #FA001D, #9AFA00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#C7FFF9

Lighter +30%#94FFF3

Lighter +20%#61FFED

Lighter +10%#2EFFE7

Darker −10%#00C7B0

Darker −20%#009483

Darker −30%#006156

Darker −40%#002E29

More saturated +25%#00FADD

Less saturated −25%#1FDBC5

Channel breakdown

G250

B221

Red0 (0%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue221 (86.7%)

Hue173.04°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness49.02%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 00 · G FA · B DD

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